Atlético Madrid 1-1 Manchester United: Draw on Wednesday

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MADRID. Atlético Madrid and Manchester United draw 1-1. J. Felix scored the first goal (7') for Atlético Madrid. A. Elanga settled the score 1-1 (80').

MADRID. Atlético Madrid and Manchester United draw 1-1. J. Felix scored the first goal (7′) for Atlético Madrid. A. Elanga settled the score 1-1 (80′). Manchester United was far superior when it came to possession ball (63%)​

The match was played at the Estadio Wanda Metropolitano stadium in Madrid on Wednesday and it started at 9:00 pm local time. The referee was Ovidiu Alin Hațegan who had the assistance of Mircea Mihail Grigoriu and Sebastian Eugen Gheorghe. The 4th official was Radu Petrescu. The weather was clear. The temperature was cold around 11.3 degrees Celsius or 52.36 Fahrenheit. Humidity was up to 36%.​

Match Statistics

Manchester United was in firm control of the ball 63% while Atlético Madrid was struggling with a 37% ball possession.

Atlético Madrid was more aggressive with 43 dangerous attacks and 13 shots of which 1 were on target. However, this did not suffice for Atlético Madrid to win the match​.

Atlético Madrid shot 13 times, 1 on target, 12 off target. On the other side, Manchester United shot 7 times, 2 on target, 5 off target.

Cards

Atlético Madrid received 4 yellow cards (H. Herrera, R. Mandava, M. Llorente and J. Gimenez). On the other side, Manchester United received 5 yellow cards (L. Shaw, V. Lindelof, M. Rashford, Fred and A. Telles).

After playing this match, Atlético Madrid will have 7 points to stay in the 2nd place. On the opposite side, Manchester United will have 11 points to stay in the 1st place.

Match Events

  • 7'
    7'

    Joao Felix

  • 45'
    45'

    H. Herrera

  • 50'
    50'

    L. Shaw

  • 60'
    60'

    V. Lindelof

  • 63'
    63'

    R. Mandava

  • 65'
    65'

    M. Rashford

  • 66'
    66'

    A. Wan-Bissaka

    V. Lindelof

  • 66'
    66'

    N. Matic

    P. Pogba

  • 67'
    67'

    A. Telles

    L. Shaw

  • 74'
    74'

    Fred

  • 75'
    75'

    A. Elanga

    M. Rashford

  • 75'
    75'

    A. Griezmann

    Joao Felix

  • 76'
    76'

    T. Lemar

    Renan Lodi

  • 77'
    77'

    M. Llorente

  • 79'
    79'

    J. Gimenez

  • 80'
    80'

    A. Elanga

    B. Fernandes

  • 82'
    82'

    J. Lingard

    J. Sancho

  • 83'
    83'

    A. Telles

Next match

In the upcoming Champions League match, Atlético Madrid will play away against Manchester United on the 15th of March with a 0-0 head to head.

Manchester United will host Atlético Madrid on the 15th of March with a 0-0 head to head stats.

Atlético Madrid and Manchester United will play the return match on the at the Old Trafford

Atlético Madrid: Formation and Lineups

Atlético Madrid started with a 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).

The manager Diego Pablo Simeone chose to play with the following team: Jan Oblak (6.3), Stefan Savić (6.8), José María Giménez (6.8), Reinildo Isnard Mandava (6.6), Šime Vrsaljko (7.0), Marcos Llorente (7.0), Geoffrey Kondogbia (7.6), Héctor Herrera (6.9), Renan Lodi (7.6), Ángel Correa (6.2) and João Félix (7.5).

Substitutes

Atlético Madrid made 2 changes: Joao Felix for A. Griezmann (75′) and Renan Lodi for T. Lemar (76′).

Top player: Geoffrey Kondogbia

Probably the most impressive player in Atlético Madrid was Geoffrey Kondogbia.

His rating is (7.6) with 36 passes (80% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 9 duels out of 13.

Manchester United: Formation and Lineups

Manchester United started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

On the opposite side, Ralf Rangnick played with: David De Gea (6.2), Victor Lindelöf (6.7), Raphaël Varane (7.3), Harry Maguire (7.3), Luke Shaw (6.4), Fred (6.5), Paul Pogba (6.1), Marcus Rashford (6.9), Bruno Fernandes (7.1), Jadon Sancho (6.7) and Cristiano Ronaldo (6.8).

Substitutes

Manchester United made 5 changes: V. Lindelof for A. Wan-Bissaka (66′), P. Pogba for N. Matic (66′), L. Shaw for A. Telles (67′), M. Rashford for A. Elanga (75′) and J. Sancho for J. Lingard (82′).

Top player: Harry Maguire

Probably the most impressive player in Manchester United was Harry Maguire.

His rating is (7.3) with 61 passes (93% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 5 duels out of 6.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Champions League

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

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